Word: writer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that there is a "Row at Harvard." As a matter of fact only a very few of the students knew of the result of the election at the time when these words were set up in the office of the Herald. Knowing that some feeling had existed before, the writer left it to be inferred that Harvard students were not sportsmen enough, not gentlemen enough, to sink all differences of opinion that had previously obtained and unite heartily and disinterestedly in support of the man who was finally chosen. This is where the honor of Harvard has been assaild...
...Copeland then spoke at some length on the writings of the two men. He said in conclusion that, although Emerson is a great writer, his chief glory lies in the fact of his having been above all other writers of the century "the friend and aider of those who would five in the spirit." Carlyle, although he often befriends and aids seekers after the life of the spirit, enjoys his highest fame as the principle man of letters of our time...
Concert by Boston Symphony Orchestra ; concert by Ladies' Ariel Quartette, Boston, assisted by Charles T. Grilley, impersonator; lecture by Henry Watterson, editor of Louisville Courier-Journal; address by George Fred Williams, Dedham, Mass.; lecture by George Kennan, the Siberian writer...
...cannot deny that there is a certain force in the communication from "Ninety-Four," which we publish this morning. The criticism which it directs toward those who are always making excuses for defeat is put none too strongly. The writer, however, fails to distinguish between the spirit which characterizes the excuse makers and that of those who, while feeling keenly and bitterly the humiliation which defeat brings just because it is defeat, cannot refrain from expressing their appreciation of the men who, as they sincerely think, "did the best they could," "played a sandy, up-hill game" and "played like...
...failed to do justice to the work of the Harvard ends, Cochrane and Richardson, which was of a high order, and constantly stopped the gains of the opposing team. Other inaccuracies in the account showed an ignorance of the personnel of the Harvard players on the part of the writer, if it did not exhibit a bias against them. The weights of the two teams are given below...